Here's the art worked picked out.....The Lawrence Argent piece is very Denver Blue Bearish.
Donald Lipski
Proposal: Donald Lipski proposes to create a sculpture or “grand chandelier” in the form of a Valley Oak tree. It will be situated at the crossroads of the axis lines of the terminal, giving it high visibility form the moment one disembarks the Automated People Mover. It will be a presence from the security area, a dramatic central focus in the food court area, and a way-finding center point, as it can be seen peeking beneath the arch of the entryways from the length of each arm of the concourse.
The title of the piece is Acorn Steam and is made of three massive, lifelike Valley Oak tree trunks that come together in the center, like the spokes of a propeller. These will branch out into fully developed tree systems, creating a delicate canopy thirty feet in diameter. Each branch and twig will be hung with hand-cut and polished Austrian crystals (Swaravski), several thousand in all. These will catch the light, both the sunlight at times, and artificial light, creating a myriad of glittering stars, reminiscent of the night sky.
The chandelier has since medieval times been a place of gathering, a sign of opulence and sophistication. By using a tree trunk the artist means to bring the outside in to the airport, while paying homage to the native oaks, which sustained the Nisenan (Suthern Maidu) and Plains Miwok Indians with their acorns. The title of the work, Acorn Steam, is an anagram of Sacramento. It also evokes a chapter in the artist’s personal history,when for some years in the 1980’s he created the body of work titled Building Steam.
Budget: $400,000 - $800,000
Christian Moeller - Proposal for Ticket Hall Area
Christian Moeller proposes two, approximately 12’high and 75’ long, low relief wall hangings for the northern end of the Ticket Hall. The artwork is titled “Baggage Handler” and recognizes the largely invisible manual labor force at work within the machine-like reality of air cargo and travel. Despite the increasingly complex computerized nature of air travel, the baggage handler serves as a reminder that some tasks are still, thus far, beyond mechanization.
Portraits of baggage handlers, taken of workers at the Sacramento International Airport, will be transformed into large-scale images made with steel and redwood and defined by shadow relief. The artist calls this process a “bit map painting”. Horizontal elements in irregular intervals allow or interrupt the direct light that lands on the vertical planes of the wall. From close-up, this vibrant play of shapes and shadows will be read as a highly abstract composition of geometrical forms. From a distance of approximately 30 feet, the viewer will read the compositions of shadows as portraits of human faces.
The proposed material is redwood for the horizontal louver structure and anodized aluminum for the vertical surface.
Budget: $400,000 - $800,000
Lawrence Argent
Proposal: The goal of the artwork Argent proposes is:
1. Communicate a non-hierarchical art experience to the public with an artwork that can be interpreted on many levels and which has the ability to stand the test of time;
2. Utilize the unique open/transparent aspect of the airport architecture with the green space to the south of the building by somehow bringing the outside, to the inside of the building
3. Illustrate the idea of the connection we all feel when we travel to our “stuff” or our luggage. Lose it, misplace it and disaster can erupt. Possess it, and it fills the gap of distance from home.
It was the idea of this “connection” we have with our baggage that drove the artist towards finding two things that could illustrate two parts becoming a whole, while also being relevant in an airport used by people from all over the world. He chose a rabbit and a suitcase with an opening, or void. The rabbit was selected because of its powerful symbolism and throughout civilization (Coincidentally there is a Riparian Rabbit that is on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species list that is specific to the Sacramento region). From Japan to Mexico to the British Isles, the rabbit is the subject Sacramento region). From Japan to Mexico to the British Isles, the rabbit is the subject longevity, courage, and cleverness and in others it is a metaphor for a messenger, still others it is a symbol of courage.
A rabbit appears to have leapt through the glass from the green space on the south side of the terminal and is diving into a suitcase that appears to have a liquid vortex opening on the top which is situated on the floor of baggage claim. The rabbit will be painted red and is 56 feet long and 19 feet tall. It is made with fiberglass and suspended from the ceiling by cables that appear invisible. The suitcase would be a facsimile of a real piece of traditional luggage with cast bronze fasteners. It would be sited in such a way as to not hinder movement through the space and off the escalators. It is integrated into the floor not just positioned on it.
Budget: $800,000
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